If you are using cpio to archive, it will not handle files bigger than 2GB. Use pax or tar instead.
-Narendra --- Steffen Hokland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > I want to backup a file over to 15GB a tape DDS-4, but an error > > unexpected appears : "file too large to archive", how can i backup > > on the tape?? > > compressing the file a file.tar or file.Z,,???; any ideas?? > I don't know the first thing about tapes, but you should make sure > that the file system on the tape (I assume that a tape has a file > system....) supports Large Files, i.e. files larger than 2**31 (2GB). > Also you need to uses Large_File aware binaries when treating such > files. compress and tar are Large_File aware, however zip is not..... > If the backup process writes sequentially to the tape, you could > tjeck if the process stops when the file reaches 2GB. > > To back up you could use tar and pipe the output to compress. > > Hope this helps, > Steffen > > > I hope you can help me. > > > > Greetings. > > Marcos. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Solaris-Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users > > > > ___________________________________________ > Steffen Lund Hokland, MSc. > PhD Student > > The MR-Research Centre > Institute of Clinical Medicine > Aarhus University Hospital > Skejby Hospital > DK-8200 Aarhus > Denmark > > Phone Office : +45 89495264 > Phone Home : +45 86166608 > Phone Mobile : +45 61307461 > > e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Solaris-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users > Warm Regards, S.S.Narendra Kumar ___ ___ __ _ / __/ __ / | // _\ \ \ \ / /||// \___/___//_/ |_/ __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
